Biochemistry Topics, Specialized Topics
Last Updated: December 30, 2025 Sources of NADPH The reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is critical to numerous reductive biosynthetic processes such as fatty acid synthesis, cholesterol synthesis, bile acid synthesis, steroid hormone...
Diseases and Disorders, Diseases of Carbohydrate Metabolism
Last Updated: October 30, 2025 Introduction to G6PD Deficiency Deficiencies in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH; encoded by the G6PD gene) are inherited as X-linked recessive disorders. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is found in all cells and is responsible...
Biochemistry Topics, Carbohydrate Metabolism
Last Updated: February 17, 2026 Introduction to the PPP The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is primarily catabolic and serves as an alternative glucose oxidizing pathway. Glucose metabolism via the PPP is essential for the generation of NADPH that is required for...
